Sharon Springs
Sharon Springs is a spring in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 841 m. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the west-northwest, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Walker Lookout, a picnic site 2.8 miles away. Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 12.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 14.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 18.0 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Big Walker Lookout · 3 mi
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greaver Benchmark: 3.6 mi
- Browns Peak: 4.3 mi
- Griffith Knob: 4.9 mi
- Big Bend: 5.7 mi
- Big Turkey Knob: 6.1 mi
- Burkes Garden Rural Historic District: 4.8 mi
- Dark Hollow Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Withers Park: 12.7 mi
- Parkview Heights Park: 12.9 mi
- Graham Recreation Park: 13.0 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 17.0 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 20.0 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 23.9 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 24.5 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 24.5 mi
- This Way: 10.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 14.1 mi
- Stone Arch: 23.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 18.4 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 22.0 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 19.3 mi
- Raven Cliff: 19.5 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 2.8 mi
- Big Spring: 13.4 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 14.0 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 22.8 mi
- Hix: 22.9 mi
- City Garden: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Sharon Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,437 m | 7.7 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | WNW 299° | 1,348 m | 7.6 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | W 274° | 1,344 m | 6.6 mi |
| East River Mountain | NW 317° | 1,331 m | 11.0 mi |
| Chimney Rock | NW 320° | 1,304 m | 10.8 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | N 10° | 1,270 m | 3.6 mi |
| Clinch Mountain | W 267° | 1,265 m | 14.3 mi |
| Short Mountain | NW 310° | 1,258 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:32 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burkes Garden, 4 mi away.
- Red-headed Woodpecker1 obs
- Ravine Salamander1 obs
- Common Raccoon1 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel1 obs
- North American Luna Moth1 obs
- mountain laurel1 obs
- azure bluet1 obs
- Black-and-gold Flat Millipede1 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/10007376244
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